About Page of Wands Pottery

Page of Wands Pottery is a passion project of mine, and was found when I had been struggling for over a year to find a full-time job. I took 3 ceramic classes my senior year of college, 2 wheelthrowing and 1 handbuilding, and I swear that those classes were the only reason I graduated when I did. I was really struggling with my mental health, and didn't know how to ask for help. Originally, the first wheelthrowing class I took was just supposed to be a fun elective to take my mind off of my upcoming graduation, but it paved the way for so much more.

Even though I was only taking one ceramic class my fall semester, I spent every free moment I had in the studio. I came in on the weekends, despite the building being locked, and would be there so long it was morning again by the time I left. My spring semester, I pulled a few all-nighters and just listened to Studio Ghibli movies on my phone as I worked on my pieces, and then crashed in my friend's bed when she left for classes. The pottery studio has always been a refuge for me, and that continues to this day.

Now, where did I get the name Page of Wands Pottery?? I'm not super into tarot, but a friend of mine is. At the beginning of 2024, I was not having a good time at life. Everyday was the same monotonous grind of searching job sites for available positions that I could work, apply to them, and occasionally eat or drink something. The only day that this wasn't totally the case was Wednesdays, when a group of friends and I go to trivia night at a local pub. This was the only time that I really left the house and saw my friends, so it was a very sacred event.

My friend, Erin, worried about me and wanting to give me some guidance, would often bring a tarot deck to trivia so I could consult my 'spirit team' for help in my situation. Around March was the first time I pulled the Page of Wands card, which essentially means an abundance of inspiration and ideas, new discoveries, having limitless potential and a free spirit. Now, to someone who was feeling none of those things for a year, that sounded pretty good to me! Apparently my spirit team agreed because over the course of 2 months, almost every single tarot reading I did, the Page of Wands appeared, which had never happened before. I'd gotten repeats of a card occasionally, but this was near constant.

It really felt like a sign, and what had I started doing again in March 2024? I joined a local community studio and was doing pottery again for the first time in over a year and a half. At first, I was just doing it to get out of the house for a couple hours a day to break up the monotony my life had become, but my critically low mental health was being affected as well, finally in a positive way! I was finally feeling hope about something, feeling creative and, dare I say it, happy. I still didn't have a job, but this was the first time I was feeling continuously positive in so long, I clung to it. I started to build up a surplus of pieces, and people at the studio kept telling me how nice they were, so I decided, "What the heck? Let's give selling them a try!" And here I am!

Thank you for taking this journey with me, for supporting me in whatever way you can, and for giving me hope for the future again.